Release Blitz: Taming Alaska by Diana Downey
Title: Taming Alaska
Series: Duology
Author: Diana Downey
Genre: Romantic Thriller
Release Date: April 5, 2016
Shane O’Flannery is no Prince
Charming.
He is uncouth, uncultured, untrainable.
Damn this man! How dare he humiliate
Texas heiress Cynthia Diaz by turning her down, even if she was
underage at the time?
When Shane first meets Cyn, his
attraction to this frustratingly hot, flirtatious spitfire almost
gets him into trouble when he discovers she’s only sixteen. He
cannot forget the temptingly sweet taste of this woman-child, so for
two years he does his damnedest to avoid this young siren.
Even though Shane’s body was chiseled
from granite and Cyn compares every man’s caress to Shane’s
panty-melting kiss, she dreams of her true knight in shining armor.
So shortly after meeting charismatic, well bred, and breathtakingly
handsome Mr. Waits, the perfect man in every way, she marries him.
She fully expects a fairytale honeymoon in Bora Bora, Fiji, or Maui.
Much to her chagrin, he whisks her off to the Alaskan Interior. When
her life is threatened, she must rely on the ill-mannered Shane to
survive—a man who has never read the Prince Charming manual.
Taming Alaska is a full-length
standalone novel and is tied into a duology. Steamy thriller with a
dash of satire and humor for 18 and older, including a strong alpha
male and friends to lovers romance.
Mrs. Duncan sitting on the other side
of Shane chokes on her asparagus. After she recovers, she asks, “How
did it go today with you and Trevor?”
She’s bringing up my ex-boyfriend on
purpose. Bitch. I put on my game face before wiping off the disdain
from my lips and turning toward her. I lean across Shane, so only he
and Trevor’s mom can hear, letting my breast sheathed only in silk
rest on his bare arm. He literally stops breathing, and I smile at my
small victory.
“Trevor and I broke up. He stole my
virginity, and the sex sucked and maybe a real man, like Shane, could
make up for it.”
“Cynthia,” she scolds. It takes her
a full minute to recover while Shane laughs heartily.
“Trevor really likes you,” she
says, but I know my sister Fay has the suitable pedigree.
I smile. “No, he doesn’t.
Otherwise, he would’ve satisfied me.”
Shane’s not sorry at all. He’s
grinning and slips his hand onto the back of my chair, which sends a
flurry of evil eyes my way from Fay and Mrs. Duncan and the other
women in the room. Shane isn’t even Fay’s type, let alone mine.
He leans down and whispers, “You’re
certainly a spitfire. If your mom weren’t here, I’d take you home
and guarantee your satisfaction.”
My body lights up at the promise of
sexual gratification. Shane definitely thinks I’m older. I gaze up
and down this man’s stealth-like body and know he can deliver. I
wiggle in my seat to open up a bit more breast flesh for Shane’s
enjoyment, and he does take a few unrepentant peeks.
“What year are you in college?”
Shane asks, his fingers leaving a trail of burning coals on my skin
while he uses his other hand to swig his beer.
Fay laughs while I glance at Mom to see
if I can get away with a white lie. She gives a small shake of the
head.
I sigh. “I’m sixteen, but I turn
seventeen in another two months.”
“Sixteen?” he spits out a mouthful
of beer. “Fuck,” he mutters under his breath. He’s so flustered
he tips over a water glass, yet saves it before hardly any spills.
When he looks at me, like I just
contracted herpes, I want to crawl under the table, but instead, I
sit up straighter. He started this or maybe I did, but he joined
right in.
Diana loves steamy sex that sizzles off the page but also well-developed characters and a solid plot that keeps the readers guessing. Strong, masculine men with endearing qualities and motivated, determined women always get to her. Diana's work has earned several awards including first place Paul Gillette, Colorado Gold finalist, and two semi-finalists in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award.
Diana loves to travel and meet interesting people whose character traits often provide important fodder to her stories. She loves to read and the outdoors, either hiking among the aspens or relaxing on a remote beach with a good book.
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